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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 9, 2023

Mississippi House District 23 special election set for Tuesday

Voters in North Mississippi will head to the polls to elect a new state representative. Resident in Mississippi House District 23, which covers portions of Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, and Webster Counties, will elect a new member to the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The district was previously represented by State Representative Jim Beckett, a Republican,…
News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 6, 2023

Residents appeal Tupelo City Council’s approval of affordable multifamily housing project

Mississippi Center for Justice files amicus brief supporting the challenge of the appeal. In August, the Tupelo City Council approved the construction of a planned affordable multifamily housing community, called Flowerdale Commons, which they said would create stable multifamily housing for 46 working families. Some businesses and residents in Tupelo have appealed the City Council’s…